CBS ALL ACCESS it a streaming video service available in the US only at this point. While there are a ton of shows on the channel the driving force for people to subscribe is Star Trek: Discovery. I am one of those who subscribed for Discovery. I use a Roku device, with the plan of watching the show on TV. However, the first week the playback on the show said: “Error, try again later.” so naturally I tried again immediately, with the same results.
I logged on to All Access on my PC and watched the second half of the first episode, and didn’t think about it until the following week. Pulled up CBS All Access on my Roku and again got the “Error, try again later.” so now I was suspicious it might not be a one time issue. I checked to make sure the Roku software was up to date and emailed Roku about the problem. I logged on to my PC again and watched the third episode of Discovery.
I never heard back from the Roku people, even until this date. The next week I tried to watch Discovery and again got the same “Error, try again later.” At that point, I had CBS All Access for a month and ironically I can’t access it from anything but my PC. As it turned out I couldn’t watch any of the shows from CBS All Access on my Roku, but I was only interested in Discovery so I hadn’t tried before this.
I contacted CBS and explained my situation. They emailed me back two possible solutions both of which were Roku related and not related to the CBS All Access app. The second solution worked and I now have all access to CBS All Access. It was nice that they didn’t try to pass the buck back to Roku and tell me to contact them, especially since Roku didn’t respond to my prior email.
I have to give high marks to their customer service. As it turns out, now that All Access is working there are several shows I want to watch.
The service works just like Netflix and allows you to watch CBS TV live or to stream the shows whenever it’s convenient for you.
This product is the future. You have full access to current and past CBS shows without having to pay for cable. If financially successful more channels will follow suit. Most people watch very few channels out of a large bundle of channels on basic cable. All Access is the first step in Network TV ala-cart service without cable TV.
Shows on the channel include…
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48 Hours
60 Minutes
69th Primetime Emmy Awards
7th Heaven
9JKL
Academy of Country Music Awards
ACM Honors
After Trek
The Amazing Race
American Gothic
Angel From Hell
Beauty and the Beast
Beverly Hills 90210
The Big Bang Theory
Big Brother
Big Brother: Over the Top
Blue Bloods
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Brady Bunch
BrainDead
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live
Bull
Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary
Caroline in the City
CBS Cares
The CBS Dream Team…It’s Epic
CBS Evening News
CBS Sports
CBS Sunday Morning
CBS This Morning
CBSN: On Assignment
Cheers
Code Black
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
Elementary
Everybody Hates Chris
Extant
Face the Nation
Family Ties
Flashpoint
Frasier
The Game
The Good Fight
The Good Wife
GRAMMYs Greatest Stories
GRAMMY Awards
The Guardian
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 Classic
I Love Lucy
JAG
Jericho
Kennedy Center Honors
Kevin Can Wait
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Let’s Make a Deal
Life in Pieces
Life Unexpected
Limitless
MacGyver
MacGyver Classic
Madam Secretary
Man With A Plan
Me, Myself & I
Medium
Melrose Place
Michael Jackson’s Halloween
Mission Impossible
Mom
Nash Bridges
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans
NFL on CBS
No Activity
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple Classic
Perry Mason
The Price Is Right
Ransom
S.W.A.T.
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Salvation
Scorpion
SEAL Team
Star Trek
Star Trek The Animated Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Strange Angel
Superior Donuts
SURVIVOR
The Talk
Taxi
Tony Awards
Touched by an Angel
The Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
Under The Dome
Undercover Boss
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Watch! Magazine
Wings
Wisdom Of The Crowd
XQ Super School Live
The Young and the Restless
Young Sheldon
Zoo
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